Tom Wopat joins cast of Chicago

[DixieDavenport]

I saw this listed on Yahoo Jan. 25, 2004.

Also, can be viewed at

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/83797.html

and

http://www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/home/story.cfm?STID=3742

It looks like my favorite Duke had more tallent than the "critics" (that said the show wouldn't last past the first commercial !) gave him credit for!!!

Way to go Tom!!! But you'll always be Luke Duke to me!

DixieDavenport

[inga]

Thanks, Dixie, for posting that good article

Here is an article on his Chicago role that is one of my favorite of recent articles on him, because it speaks favorably of his Luke Duke days.( It refers to Luke as a "redneck poster stud" )

I especially like, at the end of the article, Tom Wopat's quote about Luke Duke

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/arts/articles/0215wopat15.html

[DixieDavenport]

I love the artical also! Thanks for posting it. Also, welcome to Hazzard!

DixieDavenport

[Clayfreak24]

Tom got the role of Billy Flynn when Patrick Swayze shattered his legs in a horseback riding accident while filming "Letters from a Killer". I am pretty sure that was the reason, unless Patrick changed his mind about doing it.

[Qualapec the She-Wolf]

I know nothing about broadway... All I know is what I've seen when they come out in the movies. I loved the movie version of Rent, and the Producers...those were the ones on broadway right? Is it the same Chicago too? If so, What role does he play?

~She-Wolf